"The truth is mysterious, why do all living beings walk with their backs to the light?"
Shen Qingchen, a "safety engineering" genius who has been harvested by the depreciation of academic qualifications and the sickle of capital in modern times. He understands fluid mechanics, but cannot calculate the resistance of people's hearts; he is proficient in risk assessment, but cannot avoid the thunder of fate. A high-voltage electric shock caused him to fall into a precarious dark dynasty with his mind full of "dragon-slaying skills".
The difficulty of the starting hell is: penniless, seriously injured and on the verge of death, and a salt-making handyman who has been drained of his value. Facing the highly toxic bittern, the greedy overseers, and the old system of cannibalism, he has no system or cheats, only a pair of eyes that see the essence and an absolutely rational mind.
In the eyes of the world, this is untouchable poisonous salt; in his eyes, it is a simple separation of sodium chloride.
"Since the world is dark, I will use the laws of physics and chemistry to light an ever-lasting lamp for myself.
"Starting from a bowl of snow-white salt, he leveraged the economic lifeline of the empire. Steelmaking, gunpowder, cement, double-entry accounting... He implanted the glimmer of modern industry into this decayed body bit by bit.
Let's take a look at how a man in science and engineering used his mortal body to study things and gain knowledge, and managed to survive step by step in troubled times. From a humble ant, he eventually became the most powerful man in the world.
